The Bluebeards Revenge announces official partnership with World Barber Day
By Sophie Nutt | 21 August 2019 | Events, News
Grooming brand, The Bluebeards Revenge, has announced its official partnership with World Barber Day 2019 – a charity initiative that’s raising funds for vulnerable children worldwide.
World Barber Day is a global project in conjunction with UNICEF that takes place between September 9 – 16 and encourages barbers to join forces to raise vital funds to help protect and educate children all over the world.
The Bluebeards Revenge will be helping to promote the event across its social media channels and website, as well as via its team of barber ambassadors.
“This is an opportunity for barbers all over the globe to unite to give back to deprived and underprivileged children,” says Nick Gibbens, PR and marketing manager for The Bluebeards Revenge. “In the Middle Ages, barbers were not only experts in haircuts and wet shaves, but also pulling teeth, dressing wounds and performing operations! These barber-surgeons were recognised for far more than just men’s hairstyles and cut-throat shaves and actually went on to form the first barbers’ organisation in France in 1096.
“Today, World Barber Day celebrates this notion of togetherness – its an exhibition of how ‘ordinary’ barbers are in face so much more than that. World Barber Day highlights how each and every barber can make a real and significant difference to the world in just one week.”
The event’s co-founders, Hugh and Conor McAllister, explain the significance of September 16, saying, “We used the barbers in France 1096 as our inspiration, settling on 16/09 as World Barber Day. The idea was to allow today’s barber to revert back to the historical inspirations of barber-surgeons and the worldwide changes they made.
“Last year’s event was so successful that we’ve decided to extend this year’s celebration across a seven-day period. The event will still culminate on the special date of September 16 but the extra few days provides barbers and their customers with even more time to donate vital funds for UNICEF, while proudly demonstrating how well this industry works together to benefit others.”
Barbershops all over the world can support this year’s World Barber Day in a number of different ways, and it all starts by registering the business online. The deadline for registrations is August 23 and its completely free to sign up.
Once registered, barbershops will receive a complimentary welcome pack that contains promotional materials to help them show their support for World Barber Day. Using these materials, registered shops then have seven days (September 9 – 16) to raise as much money as possible, before donating their valuable contributions to UNICEF via the World Barber Day website.